He was told to win and keep the program clean... how he did it is his own doing. He choose the firesides every friday or before a game. He choose the life coach approach on his own. He choose the football is 5th... he choose to practice less, but do more in less time motto so coaches and players can have family and social time. He came up with his coaching philosophy all by himself. Nobody wrote that script for him but him alone.
I think everyone here understands quite well the uniqueness of BYU... the honor codes... missions... LDS factors and all that. But he choose on his own to take the already in place challenges... and create more barriers and challenges. That's on him... has it worked?
Well... he beats the G5's well enough... can't beat Utah anymore... his record against P5 in general is pathetic... can't get players drafted into the NFL... heck he can't even get them into the top 3 for player awards and accomplishments. And he is finishing with under 10 wins the last 5 years and running.... And that's all on Bronco.